What is IPPC logo?

To putit simply, IPPC is an international convention, and the application of the IPPClogo on wooden packaging means the quarantine treatment has been carried out inaccordance with the regulations and is found to be qualified without carryingany harmful organisms. As shown below:

In thelogo, the left part is the symbol of IPPC and the right part consists of CN thatstands for China and 31016 that is the code of enterprise applying the logo. HTstands for the heat treatment method that is adopted for quarantine treatment. Alternatively,MB means the methyl bromide fumigation treatment.

Which packages shall be appliedwith IPPC logo?

Somewooden packaging production processes have reached the quarantine treatmentconditions, and no special quarantine treatment is required. For example, the woodenboxes and wooden pallets fully made of artificial boards such as plywood,particleboard and fiberboard, etc. or the wooden packaging materials fully madeof thin plates (including shavings, wood dusts, etc.) with a thickness lessthan 6 mm or processed during the production process, such as wine barrels and woodengift boxes, etc.

Inaddition to the foregoing, all wooden packaging containing solid woodcomponents must be subject to quarantine treatment in accordance with theregulations, and the standardized IPPC logo shall be applied thereto. Theexamples may include the following wooden packaging:

Inboundand outbound enterprises shall accurately define the scope of wooden packaging,and shall pay close attention to the relevant regulations of the destinationcountries on wooden packaging, and implement corresponding treatments as requiredby the regulations so as to avoid losses.

What are the customsrequirements for outbound wooden packaging?

The customsconducts spot check and quarantine inspection on the wooden packaging used foroutbound goods. In case of any nonconformity found, the goods shall not allowedto leave the country.

How can the IPPC logo appliedto the wooden packaging of outbound goods?

Only theenterprises allowed by the customs for the application of wooden packaginglabel to the outbound goods can produce the wooden packaging of outbound goods andapply the IPPC logo thereto. China’s enterprises that have been approved for thequalification of label so far have been released on the official website of theGeneral Administration of Customs.

Suggestions

I. Export enterprises shall get familiar with the quarantinerequirements of wooden packaging of China and destination countries from differentchannels, use wooden packaging that meets the requirements, or purchase thesame from qualified enterprises to apply label, and avoid the unintentional useof untreated wooded packaging or that with or counterfeit label, which may affectthe customs clearance and result in losses.

II. Export enterprises shall “operate in good faith inaccordance with laws” and shall not have fluke min or attempt to evade customssupervision with the use of fake certificates, fake signs and other means, whichwill result in quarantine treatment or goods return in foreign countries.

III. Export enterprises shall strengthen internal management, selectthe freight forwarding companies in good faith to export goods on their behalf,and avoid being deceived and causing losses.